New Delhi (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - Shrugging off Chinese warnings, India's state-run oil firm ONGC said on Friday it would press ahead with long-term partner Vietnam in exploring the disputed South China Sea for oil.
Mumbai (AFP) Sept 15, 2009 - It's a question that has left the best minds in India scratching their heads: how to harvest the coconut crop when no one either wants or knows how to climb trees any more.
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2021 - US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced plans to open more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration after a court ruled against the administration's pause in leasing.
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2008 - Hurricane Ike appears to have damaged about 10 oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, US officials said Sunday, raising concerns that the storm could hurt oil production and lead to a spike in prices at US gas stations.
Washington, Usa (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - The World Bank and IMF are proposing global carbon taxes on aviation and ship fuels in developed economies to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to a draft proposal seen by AFP Friday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 - No stranger to ire from oil-producing nations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) is facing pressure from the administration of US President Donald Trump over its globally-respected reports that predict a dwindling in fossil fuel demand.
Paris (AFP) Sept 18, 2023 - Fatih Birol had big dreams of becoming a footballer or a filmmaker when he was younger.
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 - For the first time, world demand for oil, gas and coal is forecast to peak this decade due to the spectacular growth of cleaner energy technologies and electric cars, the International Energy Agency's chief said Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 11, 2014 - The oil market has lost pace because of weak growth in Europe and slowdown in China, the IEA said on Thursday, cutting its estimates for demand.
Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2023 - Europe must invest more quickly and massively in its energy transition if it wants to remain a global industrial power, top policymakers warned on Friday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2008 - With the US oil-refining industry heavily concentrated along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline, a strategic sector of the economy is perennially vulnerable to the threat of hurricanes.
New York (AFP) Sept 16, 2025 - More than 1,000 US scientists and experts on Tuesday denounced the White House's efforts to overturn a key finding that underpins government authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
Crescent, United States (AFP) Sept 20, 2015 - The central US state of Oklahoma has gone from registering two earthquakes a year to nearly two a day and scientists point to a controversial culprit: wastewater injection wells used in fracking.
Addis Ababa (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a much-anticipated peace deal on Wednesday, the latest attempt to end five years of a vicious civil war that's torn the world's youngest nation apart.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 8, 2015 - Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing announced Tuesday he will pay US$11.6 billion to merge his utilities firms in a bid to improve his vast business empire's position for future expansion.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 12, 2008 - Hong Kong's largest energy company China Light and Power (CLP) is looking to invest in a liquefied natural gas processing plant on the mainland, reports said on Friday.
